The Spanish War

"The Spanish War" is the first of three novellas written by Leslie Charteris and included in the seventeenth Saint book The Ace of Knaves published in 1937. It had previously been published in the magazine Thriller as "The Return of the Saint."

Plot
A ten pound debt turns into a mystery involving $30,000 in bearer bonds, a dead body, and a connection to the (then-current) Spanish Civil War.

Television adaptation
"The Spanish War" was adapted as an episode of The Saint TV series. Retitled "The Work of Art" the episode first aired on October 31 1963 as part of the second season.